Tavia wrote:
Me, then Jenny:
Time and chance happen to them all. ... The Liberator conveniently turning up like that can only be put down to
luck.
Interesting isn't it? There are two takes. The first is that many
rebels
have been transported and this is the story about one who got a ship.
Seems fairly plausible, but I think there's a bit more too it than that. Blake and co could have taken over the London according to plan A; it was only bumbling on the part of Vila and others that prevented the original plan from succeeding. In that case, good plans, appropriate skills and bravery would have been behind their success.
As it is, however, these things all fail, and the escape comes down to blind chance.
That's true.
Or secondly, you take The Logic of Empire view that Blake has been set up
by
the Federation to escape. That the Federation wants, in fact *needs* an enemy, and Blake has been set up to fulfil that role.
I haven't seen/heard Logic of Empire, but that interpretation seems only
to
make sense symbolically.
That is very interesting. There is certainly a symbolic element to it. But in Logic of Empire Servalan uses a psychostrategist to set up Avon. If Blake and crew were also 'puppets' then...
I've covered this in my Leylan/Raiker analysis, but basically the
London
is carrying a cargo of very dangerous prisoners. Women don't usually get done for rape and serial killing. It happens, but not often.
There must have been some women transported to Cygnus Alpha otherwise the colony wouldn't have survived.
Yes, but not very many. We'll take a look at that setup when we come to analyse Cygnus Alpha.
Thanks for another excellent email.
Jenny
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